Six More Textbook Tricks | Teaching With Your Textbook Effectively | TAPP 97
The A&P Professor
We faculty rarely talk about how to use textbooks effectively. Not with each other, not with students, not with anybody. And we've probably not ever had any training in how to use what is a key tool in teaching and learning the typical A&P course. This episode solves that problem! 00:00 | Introduction 00:46 | More Textbook Tricks 03:20 | Transparency 06:46 | Sponsored by AAA 08:04 | Read and Raid 12:46 | Sponsored by HAPI 14:17 | Honor The Textbook 32:44 | Sponsored by HAPS 34:28 | (You) Read The Textbook 39:44 | Teach Your Students How to Read Textbooks 49:26 | Loving & Learning...
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Even More Slide Tricks | Ultimate Effective Teaching Presentations | TAPP 96
The A&P Professor
We continue our two-part series that explores simple ways that we can make our teaching slides more engaging—and therefore more effective for learning. Let's leave behind those boring slide templates and make our presentations work better for our lectures, case studies, labs, and other learning activities. 00:00 | Introduction 00:46 | Previous Slide Tricks 06:23 | Sponsored by AAA 07:36 | Proper Use of Terminology 14:34 | Distorting Images 15:50 | Sponsored by HAPI 17:06 | Terrific Title Slides 29:12 | Sponsored by HAPS 30:07 | Avoid Presenting in Edit Mode 32:12 | Don't Read...
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More Slide Tricks | Effective Teaching Presentations | TAPP 95
The A&P Professor
Everybody loves to hate teaching with slides. But maybe that's because we've not fully developed our skills! Host Kevin Patton build on previous advice to improve our mastery of the slide-of-hand we need for effective learning. Let's turn that hate into love! This is the first of a two-episode series. 00:00 | Introduction 00:58 | Buy One, Get One 02:06 | I Need Help! 10:20 | Sponsored by AAA 11:47 | Less Text, More Story 24:25 | Sponsored by HAPI 25:49 | Chunky Style Slides 39:44 | Sponsored by HAPS 41:08 | Where Art Thou? 48:16 | Slide Tricks 50:12 | Staying Connected If...
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Do A&P Textbooks Have Too Much Content? | TAPP 94
The A&P Professor
Oh, that huge A&P textbook I teach from! Do I really need to cover all of it? Host Kevin Patton discusses his take on this age-old problem. Does the color of my marking pen send a signal that I don't want to send to my students? A breakthrough in understanding how teeth sense cold. And what in the world is a tunneling nanotube—and can I get one at my local hardware store? Greek names for SARS-CoV-2 variants simplifies conversation and avoids stigma. 00:00 | Introduction 00:43 | How Do Teeth Sense Cold? 07:04 | Sponsored by AAA 08:32 | Red & Green for Student Feedback 18:03 |...
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Weight Stigma! The Difficult Cadaver | Journal Club Episode | TAPP 93
The A&P Professor
Weight stigma among health professionals is a form of discrimination that can have serious consequences in the lives of people who are overweight or obese. These folks are therefore often pre-judged as being difficult patients, for example. Krista Rompolski joins us for a Journal Club episode, where we discuss a paper on how attitudes about large body donors may contribute to weight stigma among health professionals. What's going on? Is there anything we educators do to influence student attitudes? An important topic for our times, for sure! 00:00 | Introduction 01:10 | Journal Club with...
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Are We Answering Student Questions? | Science Updates | TAPP 92
The A&P Professor
Episode 92 is all about how we can use customer-service concepts in education. Tune in and hear Kevin Patton discuss the importance of being a good listener and empathetic responder. You’ll also hear about new research that shows not all plaques are bad actors when it comes to Alzheimer disease. And finally, find out how to get free almost-daily updates on life science, teaching, and learning! 00:00 | Introduction 00:53 | New Discovery about Plaque 08:33 | Sponsored by AAA 09:51 | New TAPP Science & Education Updates 15:23 | Sponsored by HAPI 16:45 | Are We Answering Student...
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Burnout! A Chat with Rebecca Pope-Ruark | TAPP 91
The A&P Professor
Burnout is a serious issue that can affect your health, relationships, and job performance. It’s important to know the signs of burnout so you can take steps to prevent it from happening in the first place. But if you do experience burnout, don’t panic! There are ways for you to get back on track and feel good again. Listen to this episode of The A&P Professor with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark about how we can avoid, deal with, or be there for others experiencing burnout! You'll be glad you did! 00:00 | Introduction 00:48 | Rebecca Pope-Ruark 02:42 | Sponsored by AAA 04:08 |...
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Taking Bold Steps in Teaching | Notetaking | Science Updates | TAPP 90
The A&P Professor
Episode 90 of The A&P Professor podcast is a thematic smörgåsbord, full of tasty tidbits to share with students and colleagues. Host Kevin Patton talks about dealing with resistance when we try to take bold steps in teaching. Is note taking better with a paper or an electronic device? The effects of diluting blood plasma on aging (don't try this at home).And the phenomenon of pandemic weight change. 00:00 | Introduction 01:06 | Notetaking: Paper or Digital? 13:14 | Sponsored by AAA 14:53 | Pandemic Twenty? 19:27 | Sponsored by HAPI 20:39 | Diluted Blood: Fountain of Youth?...
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Smooth Teaching with Slides: Animations to Dramatize the Story of Anatomy & Physiology | Science Updates | TAPP 89
The A&P Professor
Host Kevin Patton outlines several new discoveries, including the function of background noise in the brain, how exercise triggers immunity, a possible blood marker for longevity, and how mitochondria are organized during cell division. And he discusses how easy animation effects can help students focus on important elements of the story of anatomy and physiology. 00:00 | Quotation & Intro 00:47 | Brain's Background Noise 08:06 | Sponsored by AAA 09:12 | How Exercise Triggers Immunity 13:30 | Sponsored by HAPI 14:41 | Mitochondria During Cell Division 22:10 | Sponsored by...
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The Proper Order of Topics in A&P | Leaderboards | Student Frustration | TAPP 88
The A&P Professor
Ever wonder why topics in A&P seem to have a uniform order of topics in all the courses & textbooks? Host Kevin Patton discusses the proper order of those concepts. We continue the discussion of gamification, including a focus on leaderboards. And we tackle why pandemic learning causes students to lament that they have to teach themselves. 00:00 | Quotation & Intro 00:44 | More on Gamification 06:20 | Sponsored by AAA 07:38 | Leaderboard Competition 16:02 | Sponsored by HAPI 17:16 | Pandemic Feelings of Learning 25:12 | Sponsored by HAPS 26:16 | Order of...
info_outlineHost Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on standards for test frequency in the A&P course.
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Topics
- Inheritance of red hair
- New information on how we form sensory maps in our brain
- Featured: Kevin answers Krista Rompolski's question about test frequency in A&P
Word Dissections
- Omnigenic
- Primary somatosensory cortex
- Homunculus
- Here's an example: my-ap.us/2zX3NqO
Book Club
- Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos
- Browse The A&P Professor Book Club
- Storytelling in teaching: Episode 12
End of Year
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- End-of-term debriefing
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